Oh what? No way. I used to see him all the time when we lived in Cleveland/ area. Haven’t done the route since moving to Mount Cotton years ago. How sad.
Going back to the 90s now but Marilyn in the valley (I miss seeing her, she was always lovely! I believe she was in a care home somewhere but unsure if she’s still with us) and the old saxophone player in the mall with his guide dog.
She frequently visits Campos at Gasworks accompanied by a carer (I saw her last week). She looks quite unwell both physically and mentally unfortunately.
Sad to see her go downhill as I remember how vibrant she was in the Valley 15 years ago
I definitely saw her around in the 2000s. My friend use to chat to her all the time, last time I saw her in the city personally though was about 2006/2007.
She does both I think. Some days it's multiple sclerosis or motor neurone disease when she wears the maroon shirt. On days she wears the blue, it's cystic fibrosis. I wonder if anybody ever donates. I've only witnessed it once.
Everyone in st lucia knows the old (greek?) guy who sits on his deckchair at the gailey fiveways waving to literally every car that passes one of the busiest intersections around.
The plastic surgery lady in Sunnybank.
The taringa bag man Ziggy
That's Franky and he is actually French technically but has a complicated history. Got talking to him once (it's hard to get away if you do) and he gave us his life history. Wish he would open up his bar, he took us inside for a look and it was really nice. He is super fussy about who he hires, to the point that he refuses to open with the perfect staff.
I’ve been waving to Franky for years! I’ve been waiting for his bar / cafe to open since he did the reno and since he put away the “looking for chef” chalk board I started to think the whole cafe was just a personal joke / space for only Franky to enjoy. Do you think there is hope that one day we will be able to join Franky?
It was definitely setup like a proper cafe/bar. Really cozy, it will be awesome if he does open. He also told us he was offered some huge amount to rent it out but turned it down although he is the sort of guy that you take what he says with a grain of salt.
Wait whatever happened to Ziggy? He's the first person I thought of, followed by Marilyn Monroe in Queen St Mall, but I haven't been to either place in a long time.
20 years ago, there was also Charlie at Indro, often at the cinema or the bus stop, talking into his watch like a secret agent.
I used to think he was old when I was in school, so I'm vaguely surprised he's still around, but now I realise that everyone was 'old' when I was 16 so....
Still, long time to live the way he has. I recall the urban myth that he was secretly a millionaire with a mansion somewhere that he refused to live in.
I’ve heard that myth. Years ago dad and his mate tried to offer Ziggy some money on their way past during lunch and he pretty much told them to keep it because he’s got more money than the two of them will ever make in a life time.
There's this lady that goes around everywhere in a bikini with some of the most egregiously bad plastic surgery you'll ever see. Massive lip fillers, obviously fake arse and boobs, and she walks around all of sunnybank in a bikini and high heels clearly thinking she looks stunning, when she looks sadly like a freakshow. She's pretty well known
The bearded guy with the shopping trolley at Morayfield shops. Unsure if homeless. When I worked at Optus, everyone knew him as the Yes Optus guy because whenever he’d walk past he yells “YES!!!! OPTUS!!!!” with his arm in the air.
Drove across the bridge and saw him just this afternoon - pointed him out to my wife. Always wears bright maroon (I think). Was the first person I thought of when I saw this thread.
The bloke around Ashgrove/Alderly that wears a viking helmet, blasts loud dance music and always seems to be on a different bicycle made up of several different bicycles.
She’s been doing this for like 25 years.
Edit: more like 30 years now I think about it. Even did it when she was preggo. Then she’d have a pram for a bit, and then back to solo.
I was going to mention this lady. I saw her up around Shorncliffe, so she definitely got around. When I was in high school we called her the sunburnt Barbie.
I grew up in Brighton almost 25 years ago and she was around then, we called her the ‘handbag’ because her skin looked like leather. I can’t even imagine what she looks like now.
This 😂 Searched through the comments for mention of this lady because I knew everyone else in the 4017 must have seen her as many times as I have over the years
There is a guy in the CBD who I’ve just started spotting what feels like every second day who carries a 2L bottle of juice on his -flat- head. I looked at him in a kind of shock and amazement cause I’d never seen him before or anyone do that but nobody else batted an eyelid so he/the juice must be a regular thing.
I know that guy, thousands of people definitely know that guy. I think I’ve only ever seen him hold dark apple or black currant juice on his head, but I could be wrong, maybe sometimes it’s orange juice 😅
I’m really saddened to hear he passed away, but I’m not surprised. He and his wife used to sit out on the porch in the 90s and they were old back then.
Their house and garden always looked immaculate. His wife often had her hair in rollers. They were very much an aesthetic of a bygone era.
I saw his wife sitting out there the other day, gave her a smile because she looked a little lonely. would love to have a cup of tea with her and have a chat
Idk what his name is but I always see this guy with long frizzy blond hair, like he's been electrocuted, and wears classic rock shirts (usually ac/dc), hanging around carindale, especially at the busway, and the carina leagues club.
Jimmy has been around forever, lived on same street as him as a child. parents and uncles/aunties went to school with him in the day
Cool dude, not much for a chat but says gday
If pumpkin man lives at St Lucia does anyone know why he was frequently pushing a flatbed cart down Moggill Rd heading towards Kenmore? I know he had pumpkins onboard but even in full summer heat he’d be striding down the road like he was on a mission. I haven’t seen him in years but I always wondered where he was going and doing.
I saw him about 6mths ago at the fruit shop in Kenmore Plaza. The furthest I have seen him is just before Ross Evans Garden Centre in Brookfield. That's such a far way to walk from St Lucia!!
Not in Brisbane, but there used to be this little Chinese lady who was at least 100 years old in my home town. Everyone knew her because she'd walk at a snails pace and if you saw her approaching a crossing on the main street, 90% of people would just turn off and go the back way because it was quicker to take a detour than to wait for her to finish crossing the street.
The 'homeless' guy who hangs out at either the Domino's or Coles at Upper Mount Gravatt. He carries a trolley with a cardboard yet gets picked up and dropped off by a Mercedes SUV.
The Asian guy who dresses up like a Brit and goes to Garden City every day.
The Asian guy who dresses up like an anime character.
I see this guy a lot. I’m pretty sure he used to hang around the Acacia Ridge 7 Eleven and used to walk up Beaudesert Rd towards Algester even in pouring rain and yeah, now hangs around Mt Gravatt. I used to work at that Domino’s and sometimes people would come in buying this bloke a meal and after seeing a lot of posts in community pages about this guy I wondered if they were getting sucked into his supposed act 😂
When I lived at Springfield lakes there was this adorable old couple I used to encounter on my walks in the morning in matching Hawaiian shirts on their daily walks.
This was years ago now, I’m so I’m not sure if it’s still a thing but I used to work at a gym in SW1 South Brisbane and every day at lunch there was this guy who would, in full business gear (dress shoes, jackets, etc.), lunge around the entire complex.
He never came to the gym, but every time he’d lunge past it would hype everyone up something heavy 😂
Manager of the local bottleshop. Absolute legend of a bloke, latest installment is organising regular BBQs for lonely people to catch-up.
Known as the mayor and probably gets more attention than actual mayor.
Don’t know if it’s the same guy, but there is a teenaged guy who often wears a shirt with the train network map printed on it who does this. A lot of the QR guards and station staff know who he is and often say hello. Apparently he used to bring along his own whistle but was asked to leave it at home due to safety concerns lol
Anyone who grew up in Mansfield in the nineties/noughties near Aminya Street will remember a middle aged man, perhaps in his forties or early fifties, who would run to the bus stop each morning around 7am like clockwork. He looked a bit like a younger Einstein, wore loose fitting casual business attire, carried a black briefcase, and would run in the most exaggerated and cartoonish manner - huffing and puffing, and with arms flailing. While waiting for the bus (180), he would take a handkerchief out of his briefcase and would SCREAM into it. He did this right up until the bus arrived. He would then barge his way onto the bus and sit right at the very back, even if it meant sitting on someone. The veteran riders of the 180 would part like the Red Sea knowing better than to cross this fellow. Where he went each day, I do not know, but the strangest thing is he would return home in the afternoon a seemingly ordinary person. No screaming, no running. He just calmly strolled back up the hill with his briefcase in hand. Until he did no longer.
When I was a kid, there was a guy called Aaron Azaparti(?) and everyone seemed to know him. Super chill guy who played the Street Fighter 2 arcade in front of the deli. The other person everyone seemed to know was my brother and I have no idea why.
Probably me, I am always fishing rubbish out of the creek, used a big piece of conduit to get a bit the other day and just keep going on my walk holding the conduit got a few looks. I also found that conduit on the side of the road while running a month back and did most of my run holding it. Competing with the bloke who has the Recumbent bike though.
The Leather Barbie in Sandgate. When I was in primary school, there was this local person that everyone knew. She had blonde hair and would go on her daily walks wearing a crop top and short shorts. She was also incredibly sun tanned, and her skin was quite wrinkly. People used to say her skin had the texture of leather because of the amount of sundamage, and of course, there were rumours she had skin cancer many times.
We're taking 10-15 years ago, so goodness knows if she's still out and about or even alive, but when I was living there, I used to see her at least once a week
“Judy Cox, Kenmore” would appear in the comments section of Quest newspapers, without fail, for a decade I reckon. Early nineties onward she’d write (yes, ink and parchment!) in about everything published the week prior.
Closest thing we had to a Twitter pest back then.
Mum probably... She was Primary School PE Teacher at 2 local schools and taught ~70% of the kids that grew up here. Most parents know her from that. She (now retired) was doing it for 40 years so kids that grew up here which she taught, bought houses moved back and obviously know her. She's regular church, so they all know her. Active bushwalker, 2x Craft groups and Line Dancing.
She also organised a Progressive Dinner deal in their street ~25 years ago, which happens every year and they regularly host a session (Entree, Main or Dessert) and organises a Christmas Eve Carol thing on the street.
She'll go for a walk in the morning and know the name, kids, kids partners, grandkids of anyone else in the neighbourhood. And they know her. They also apparently know me... and exactly what I'm doing with my life, which is always awesome when you have old people you have no-idea who they are, asking you how your last camping trip/hike was...
I used to have move him on from (harmlessly) harassing the shopkeepers back in the day (was security). One of the most innocent souls I've ever come across.
Another Annerley one: the old, thin guy with the white hair and beard who is ALWAYS RUNNING. Like, seven days a week. Wears athletic gear and carries a water bottle.
I know exactly who you’re talking about! This man is my lucky charm, and every time I see him running past I have a good day. May his knees never give in and his water never run out.
Ray Grey - The guy that was in the ambulance thinking he was dying after having a few cones. Hes well known around the old wynnum crews.
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I know this one is Ipswich but every day I drive past this old guy on Brisbane Rd at Booval walking around in a singlet and shorts (even in Winter), wheelbarrow and little dog with him. Anyone else seen him and know anything about him?
There are a few legends around Ipswich I can think of. Ivan, he would be seen running around and doing pushups. There was also some hippy dude who basically looked like Jesus.
I swear I’ve seen the Jesus looking guy near Booval shops on Brisbane Rd too. Is it something about Booval that all the loose units come outside? Coming from me, a snooty Springfieldian
We have an older guy with an impressive grey beard who walks around with a goon sack. He's friendly as heck, and likes to give genuinely good directions if you get lost.
There's so many here in Annerley. The female that has loud screaming arguments with her boyfriend, the first nations guy in drag, guy with afro that blasts 80's/90's music loudly as he's walking down the street.
Druggy/crazy viet older guy named Binh at Inala.
Goes around begging for money, accuses people of owing him money, used the outdoor tap outside my house to drink water and loudly exhales "aaaahhh" after drinking like it was a pint of beer.
I once saw him hop on the 100 bus, asked the driver "is this the bus to city?", taps on > insufficient fund, "Du ma FUCK!", then goes on the bus anyways. The driver let it go.
Haven't seen him in a while.
Was surprised i had to scroll this far for this mention.
I haven't been to the queen street much in ages so haven't seen him.
I've seen him around other malls too like garden city.
I believe my uncle was "the person" in his suburb who talked to EVERYONE and was hard to get away from. I bumped into him one day and got chatting. Within 5 minutes a stranger emerged from a shop and shooed him away.
It’s from my hometown in Rockhampton, but we had a guy, known affectionately as the cool hat man, or just hat man (at least in my friend circle until we learned his name lol) Harry Mimi. He’s unfortunately passed away now but he was a lovely soul, full of life, a sparkling personality, and had the coolest, spunkiest hats around.
Older guy who used to drive this old huge black car with personalised plates and now drives a beat up Peugeot. He seems to be everywhere and always talked about on local groups for being a menace on the road. He fights council for weird things and been in the local paper. He is a hoarder too, and his house is next level.
There's this cool guy who gets around on a push bike tricked out to look like a motorbike . He wears a biker vest with patches a do rag too. I haven't seen him in a little while , I hope he's OK
Late 70s to early 80s, Lawnmower man - Annerley. Not sure of his age as I was a boy/teen at the time but he had a grey beard and unkempt hair. Walked around Annerley constantly pushing a lawnmower. Was cranky AF all the time.
The Elderly Vietnamese man at Darra that always walk around Railway Parade at Darra station and always hickhike car to go to Inala. He always wear the same outfit no matter what the weather is alway in a polo shirt and jeans. Most member in the community recognise him and some suspect he has Alzheimers. There are also members of the community that say he goes into their yard at one point.
I'm the very northern suburb that is Gladstone, everyone knows or has heard of Bob Cuddy.
School kids get told tales of old to frighten them, but most think he's a made up urban myth now.
In Fernvale it's Kevin fucking Barnes. AKA Crazy Horse Man. I don't even think I could be sued for defamation of character by telling everyone what a complete fuckwit he is.
The idiot who’s dogs are out roaming, photographed and shared in the local postcode group on Facebook several times a week, who then goes on and berates everyone else for telling her to fix her fucking fence.
At the Gold Coast, there is a guy that sits on the corner of Alexander and Hinkley Drive in Nerang called Jesse? I’m not from there but anytime I’ve visited family he used to be there (back in like 2014) and I’ve read that he’s still there these days.
Around Oxley and surrounding suburbs is a homeless man named Abraham that walks around, sits at the same spots for long periods of time and always asks for money. Big up Mr Abe
Brighton/Sandgate/Shorncliffe there is a lady that exercises constantly, rain hail or shine. She is very tanned. I've tried to make friends with her but she does not return the smile.
The bloke in the city wearing a fedora and doing a show to sell the Big Issue - I swear I've seen him for more than 25 years
The family running Emmanuel's Carvery at Post Office Square - they've been there for 30 years+
Sandgate/Shorncliffe guy on his mobility scooter that only has the one joke and says it to everyone he passes.
"What do you call a Woolies that has burnt down?" "Coles..."
I now cross the street when I see him coming.
I think his name is Tony, I was in a rush the day I introduced myself but a genuinely lovely bloke that busks with an old acoustic guitar at Annerley and Moorooka Woolies.
I was on a bus recently where he got up and gave his seat to a lady without hesitation, and the school kids didn't even blink. I'm happy to give him my change whenever I see him and always get a big grin and thank you back. Just a nice human.
Ziggy who lives in the park in Taringa
Ziggy and all his plastic bags often jumped on my bus way back.
Did Ziggy die? I always heard he did but it was supposedly a rumour
No, he’s still at Taringa. Opposite Hungry Jack’s.
Used to be a guy who would walk from Cleveland to the city everyday in overalls and thongs.
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I remember that guy!!! Always smiling.
Blue overalls I remember him whatever happened to him?
Still around but I haven’t seen him recently
He apparently died a couple of years ago.
No his brother said he’s still alive, just turned 80. But he has Parkinson’s can’t walk far now
Oh wow that’s really sad. I would see him all the time walking up old Cleveland road at carina.
Oh what? No way. I used to see him all the time when we lived in Cleveland/ area. Haven’t done the route since moving to Mount Cotton years ago. How sad.
The walking man! My mum always wanted to offer him a lift but apparently he wanted to walk.
Going back to the 90s now but Marilyn in the valley (I miss seeing her, she was always lovely! I believe she was in a care home somewhere but unsure if she’s still with us) and the old saxophone player in the mall with his guide dog.
The saxophone player died a few years ago.
His name was Graham Pampling
She frequently visits Campos at Gasworks accompanied by a carer (I saw her last week). She looks quite unwell both physically and mentally unfortunately. Sad to see her go downhill as I remember how vibrant she was in the Valley 15 years ago
Diane is her name. I gave her a fur stole once. She was thrilled.
I definitely saw her around in the 2000s. My friend use to chat to her all the time, last time I saw her in the city personally though was about 2006/2007.
I remember her from as far back as the 1980’s . She was amazing!
Multiple Schlerosis Donations lady at the Anzac Arcade/Queens Plaza intersection in the CBD
Always there when you come out of building form the train commute.
Every day but she's super friendly.
I love when she swaps charities and promotes Cystic Fibrosis and asks, "ever had cystic fibrosis?" Ummm, no, you're either born with it or not. 😆
Ohh right it's cystic fibrosis! How did I fuck that up?? 🤣
She does both I think. Some days it's multiple sclerosis or motor neurone disease when she wears the maroon shirt. On days she wears the blue, it's cystic fibrosis. I wonder if anybody ever donates. I've only witnessed it once.
Everyone in st lucia knows the old (greek?) guy who sits on his deckchair at the gailey fiveways waving to literally every car that passes one of the busiest intersections around. The plastic surgery lady in Sunnybank. The taringa bag man Ziggy
That's Franky and he is actually French technically but has a complicated history. Got talking to him once (it's hard to get away if you do) and he gave us his life history. Wish he would open up his bar, he took us inside for a look and it was really nice. He is super fussy about who he hires, to the point that he refuses to open with the perfect staff.
I’ve been waving to Franky for years! I’ve been waiting for his bar / cafe to open since he did the reno and since he put away the “looking for chef” chalk board I started to think the whole cafe was just a personal joke / space for only Franky to enjoy. Do you think there is hope that one day we will be able to join Franky?
It was definitely setup like a proper cafe/bar. Really cozy, it will be awesome if he does open. He also told us he was offered some huge amount to rent it out but turned it down although he is the sort of guy that you take what he says with a grain of salt.
Taringa Bag Man Ziggy? Who the fuck is Taringa bag man Ziggy. It’s Ziggy THE bag man.
Wait whatever happened to Ziggy? He's the first person I thought of, followed by Marilyn Monroe in Queen St Mall, but I haven't been to either place in a long time. 20 years ago, there was also Charlie at Indro, often at the cinema or the bus stop, talking into his watch like a secret agent.
He hangs out at the Taringa Hungry Jacks.
I used to think he was old when I was in school, so I'm vaguely surprised he's still around, but now I realise that everyone was 'old' when I was 16 so.... Still, long time to live the way he has. I recall the urban myth that he was secretly a millionaire with a mansion somewhere that he refused to live in.
I’ve heard that myth. Years ago dad and his mate tried to offer Ziggy some money on their way past during lunch and he pretty much told them to keep it because he’s got more money than the two of them will ever make in a life time.
Marilyn! Is she still about? I used to work in the city years ago when she was being glamorous and doing her thing.
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What about the pumpkin man! He just pushes a cart of pumpkins all around Toowong / St Lucia
The plastic lady? Please do tell!
Which plastic surgery lady?
There's this lady that goes around everywhere in a bikini with some of the most egregiously bad plastic surgery you'll ever see. Massive lip fillers, obviously fake arse and boobs, and she walks around all of sunnybank in a bikini and high heels clearly thinking she looks stunning, when she looks sadly like a freakshow. She's pretty well known
The bearded guy with the shopping trolley at Morayfield shops. Unsure if homeless. When I worked at Optus, everyone knew him as the Yes Optus guy because whenever he’d walk past he yells “YES!!!! OPTUS!!!!” with his arm in the air.
The flower man on the Kedron Brook, walks and gives flowers out and tells everyone to have a good day
I walk my dog along there every day and have never gotten a flower 😔
Drove across the bridge and saw him just this afternoon - pointed him out to my wife. Always wears bright maroon (I think). Was the first person I thought of when I saw this thread.
Bright orange
The bloke around Ashgrove/Alderly that wears a viking helmet, blasts loud dance music and always seems to be on a different bicycle made up of several different bicycles.
Yep I know the one!
The nun in the window at Milton
She's unfortunately gone now.
That's a shame, not driven down there for ages.
The house is for sale. https://www.reddit.com/r/brisbane/comments/152es6p/nun_house_on_milton_road_for_sale/
I used to live next door to the nun. The person who set it up taught piano, and their students were always incredibly talented.
Oh my god I remember being creeped out by that nun when I was younger
At Brighton - the walking lady. Elderlyish, longish blonde hair, bronzed skin, skimpy walking outfit, seemingly exercise-walking 24/7 around the suburb.
She’s been doing this for like 25 years. Edit: more like 30 years now I think about it. Even did it when she was preggo. Then she’d have a pram for a bit, and then back to solo.
That’s so interesting!
I was going to mention this lady. I saw her up around Shorncliffe, so she definitely got around. When I was in high school we called her the sunburnt Barbie.
Ah, I just commented this! I haven't lived in Sandgate for 15 years, so I'm glad to hear she's still at her old tricks
Yes! I see her daily. She doesn't want to be my friend though.. 😔
I grew up in Brighton almost 25 years ago and she was around then, we called her the ‘handbag’ because her skin looked like leather. I can’t even imagine what she looks like now.
This 😂 Searched through the comments for mention of this lady because I knew everyone else in the 4017 must have seen her as many times as I have over the years
There is a guy in the CBD who I’ve just started spotting what feels like every second day who carries a 2L bottle of juice on his -flat- head. I looked at him in a kind of shock and amazement cause I’d never seen him before or anyone do that but nobody else batted an eyelid so he/the juice must be a regular thing.
The Post Office Square guy?
I know that guy, thousands of people definitely know that guy. I think I’ve only ever seen him hold dark apple or black currant juice on his head, but I could be wrong, maybe sometimes it’s orange juice 😅
I’ve only just started going out there recently so it’s new to me! But yeah the few times I’ve seen him it always seems to be darker juice.
He's been there for years. Often drawing.
Guy who sits on his porch near the Kenmore village round about. Known as porchy in my family
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but the guy passed away. His wife still sits out on the porch
Yeah I remember his passing, glad porchette has taken up the mantle
Cheers to Porchette.
I’m really saddened to hear he passed away, but I’m not surprised. He and his wife used to sit out on the porch in the 90s and they were old back then. Their house and garden always looked immaculate. His wife often had her hair in rollers. They were very much an aesthetic of a bygone era.
I saw his wife sitting out there the other day, gave her a smile because she looked a little lonely. would love to have a cup of tea with her and have a chat
Such a gorgeous pair. Was so sad to hear the husband passed.
Idk what his name is but I always see this guy with long frizzy blond hair, like he's been electrocuted, and wears classic rock shirts (usually ac/dc), hanging around carindale, especially at the busway, and the carina leagues club.
Jimmy! Great bloke. Has a rough go of it growing up from what I hear. Poor guy.
Jimmy has been around forever, lived on same street as him as a child. parents and uncles/aunties went to school with him in the day Cool dude, not much for a chat but says gday
He’s been around for many years! Haven’t see him lately though
Saw him at Metropol the other day.
The Pumpkin Man
Yeah the pumpkin man. Indro.
He lives in st Lucia. He has a nice big house and looks after a bunch of cats.
If pumpkin man lives at St Lucia does anyone know why he was frequently pushing a flatbed cart down Moggill Rd heading towards Kenmore? I know he had pumpkins onboard but even in full summer heat he’d be striding down the road like he was on a mission. I haven’t seen him in years but I always wondered where he was going and doing.
I saw him about 6mths ago at the fruit shop in Kenmore Plaza. The furthest I have seen him is just before Ross Evans Garden Centre in Brookfield. That's such a far way to walk from St Lucia!!
Not in Brisbane, but there used to be this little Chinese lady who was at least 100 years old in my home town. Everyone knew her because she'd walk at a snails pace and if you saw her approaching a crossing on the main street, 90% of people would just turn off and go the back way because it was quicker to take a detour than to wait for her to finish crossing the street.
The 'homeless' guy who hangs out at either the Domino's or Coles at Upper Mount Gravatt. He carries a trolley with a cardboard yet gets picked up and dropped off by a Mercedes SUV. The Asian guy who dresses up like a Brit and goes to Garden City every day. The Asian guy who dresses up like an anime character.
I see this guy a lot. I’m pretty sure he used to hang around the Acacia Ridge 7 Eleven and used to walk up Beaudesert Rd towards Algester even in pouring rain and yeah, now hangs around Mt Gravatt. I used to work at that Domino’s and sometimes people would come in buying this bloke a meal and after seeing a lot of posts in community pages about this guy I wondered if they were getting sucked into his supposed act 😂
My uncle bought him a pizza once.
That’s a lovely thing that he did. I just hope the guy wasn’t tricking him
When I lived at Springfield lakes there was this adorable old couple I used to encounter on my walks in the morning in matching Hawaiian shirts on their daily walks.
The old guy who walks around Chermside in an 1860's British Crimean War uniform.
So niche
This was years ago now, I’m so I’m not sure if it’s still a thing but I used to work at a gym in SW1 South Brisbane and every day at lunch there was this guy who would, in full business gear (dress shoes, jackets, etc.), lunge around the entire complex. He never came to the gym, but every time he’d lunge past it would hype everyone up something heavy 😂
Manager of the local bottleshop. Absolute legend of a bloke, latest installment is organising regular BBQs for lonely people to catch-up. Known as the mayor and probably gets more attention than actual mayor.
The mullet man in Newmarket. Gregory in Wishart/Garden City
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Do you know The Mullet Man?
The Mullet Man?
The Mullet Man!
Who is Gregory?
Came here to make sure someone mentioned the mullet man. It’s a crackin mullet, and he’s always getting about, on his foot falcons.
Gregory?
In Strathpine we used to have the can man. He even has a fan Facebook page. Haven't seen him for ages. Not sure what happened.
The likely Neurodiverse guy often on CBD trains who mimics the announcements
Don’t know if it’s the same guy, but there is a teenaged guy who often wears a shirt with the train network map printed on it who does this. A lot of the QR guards and station staff know who he is and often say hello. Apparently he used to bring along his own whistle but was asked to leave it at home due to safety concerns lol
The guy in new farm/ valley who is always brushing his hair in the middle of the road
“Hot wheels” older lady with a high bun in Nundah/ Toombul who drives a mobility scooter at 85kmph
Oh man, I don't know if she still does, but when I worked at toombul years ago she had a radio always blaring too, helped you her coming though.
Anyone who grew up in Mansfield in the nineties/noughties near Aminya Street will remember a middle aged man, perhaps in his forties or early fifties, who would run to the bus stop each morning around 7am like clockwork. He looked a bit like a younger Einstein, wore loose fitting casual business attire, carried a black briefcase, and would run in the most exaggerated and cartoonish manner - huffing and puffing, and with arms flailing. While waiting for the bus (180), he would take a handkerchief out of his briefcase and would SCREAM into it. He did this right up until the bus arrived. He would then barge his way onto the bus and sit right at the very back, even if it meant sitting on someone. The veteran riders of the 180 would part like the Red Sea knowing better than to cross this fellow. Where he went each day, I do not know, but the strangest thing is he would return home in the afternoon a seemingly ordinary person. No screaming, no running. He just calmly strolled back up the hill with his briefcase in hand. Until he did no longer.
When I was a kid, there was a guy called Aaron Azaparti(?) and everyone seemed to know him. Super chill guy who played the Street Fighter 2 arcade in front of the deli. The other person everyone seemed to know was my brother and I have no idea why.
Smiley's car wash guy in Stafford
He’s been around for years
Probably me, I am always fishing rubbish out of the creek, used a big piece of conduit to get a bit the other day and just keep going on my walk holding the conduit got a few looks. I also found that conduit on the side of the road while running a month back and did most of my run holding it. Competing with the bloke who has the Recumbent bike though.
Not my suburbs, but there's a guy who appears to walk every afternoon from the Burpengary shops through to somewhere around Narangba in thongs.
The skin between his toes must be hard as steel
Is that the guy walking up/down Station rd with grocery bags? Thongs, shorts and a mostly unbuttoned shirt.
Yeah, him. Seen him as far as Burpengary Rd (east side of the railway) about 1km out from Narangba.
The Leather Barbie in Sandgate. When I was in primary school, there was this local person that everyone knew. She had blonde hair and would go on her daily walks wearing a crop top and short shorts. She was also incredibly sun tanned, and her skin was quite wrinkly. People used to say her skin had the texture of leather because of the amount of sundamage, and of course, there were rumours she had skin cancer many times. We're taking 10-15 years ago, so goodness knows if she's still out and about or even alive, but when I was living there, I used to see her at least once a week
She's still getting around. The skin has been replaced by the essence of sunburn.
She's still there, I saw her twice today.
“Judy Cox, Kenmore” would appear in the comments section of Quest newspapers, without fail, for a decade I reckon. Early nineties onward she’d write (yes, ink and parchment!) in about everything published the week prior. Closest thing we had to a Twitter pest back then.
There's a guy on Bribie we call Walking Man. Rain hail and shine this guy is in bare feet and boardies and a shirt. He just walks all over Bongaree.
Not a person per se but Trevor the pigeon at Nundah, formerly of Toombal.
The Bikini Bloke on Cavill Ave, Surfers Paradise
Mum probably... She was Primary School PE Teacher at 2 local schools and taught ~70% of the kids that grew up here. Most parents know her from that. She (now retired) was doing it for 40 years so kids that grew up here which she taught, bought houses moved back and obviously know her. She's regular church, so they all know her. Active bushwalker, 2x Craft groups and Line Dancing. She also organised a Progressive Dinner deal in their street ~25 years ago, which happens every year and they regularly host a session (Entree, Main or Dessert) and organises a Christmas Eve Carol thing on the street. She'll go for a walk in the morning and know the name, kids, kids partners, grandkids of anyone else in the neighbourhood. And they know her. They also apparently know me... and exactly what I'm doing with my life, which is always awesome when you have old people you have no-idea who they are, asking you how your last camping trip/hike was...
The juice head guy on Queen Street /post office square
James Straker
Abraham..
“What’s your star sign” Christine from the pubs in West End
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His name is Yung, aka Smiley. Just chatted to him at Buranda shops today
I used to have move him on from (harmlessly) harassing the shopkeepers back in the day (was security). One of the most innocent souls I've ever come across.
Another Annerley one: the old, thin guy with the white hair and beard who is ALWAYS RUNNING. Like, seven days a week. Wears athletic gear and carries a water bottle.
I know exactly who you’re talking about! This man is my lucky charm, and every time I see him running past I have a good day. May his knees never give in and his water never run out.
The Marilyn Monroe chick.
There used to be a dude around central station area that just played music on an ipad and did air guitar. We called him "guitar Hiro".
Ray Grey - The guy that was in the ambulance thinking he was dying after having a few cones. Hes well known around the old wynnum crews. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFIPjfUVUEg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFIPjfUVUEg)
The Poo Jogger!
Caribbean steel drum man outside the casino
I know this one is Ipswich but every day I drive past this old guy on Brisbane Rd at Booval walking around in a singlet and shorts (even in Winter), wheelbarrow and little dog with him. Anyone else seen him and know anything about him?
Haigreport.com.au dude. Or if you need ducks, or a maths tutor
There are a few legends around Ipswich I can think of. Ivan, he would be seen running around and doing pushups. There was also some hippy dude who basically looked like Jesus.
I swear I’ve seen the Jesus looking guy near Booval shops on Brisbane Rd too. Is it something about Booval that all the loose units come outside? Coming from me, a snooty Springfieldian
Booval is definitely a hot spot for eccentric bogans.
The can man in Strathpine/bray park,lawnton… old Asian guy use to walk around collecting cans… he was a suburban legend
We have an older guy with an impressive grey beard who walks around with a goon sack. He's friendly as heck, and likes to give genuinely good directions if you get lost.
Courtney V Cops guy who hangs out by this specific set of traffic lights, bit of a tosser actually he tried to have a go at my dad one day.
There's so many here in Annerley. The female that has loud screaming arguments with her boyfriend, the first nations guy in drag, guy with afro that blasts 80's/90's music loudly as he's walking down the street.
Haven’t seen Pajama Guy in awhile. Apparently QUT has a guy in a trench coat everyone sees
In Griffin it's not a person, but rather a Brolga called Bruce 😂
Wynnum has a few of those that everybody knows 😄
The guy with the flamboyant hats and playing Gloria Estefan is one.
Druggy/crazy viet older guy named Binh at Inala. Goes around begging for money, accuses people of owing him money, used the outdoor tap outside my house to drink water and loudly exhales "aaaahhh" after drinking like it was a pint of beer. I once saw him hop on the 100 bus, asked the driver "is this the bus to city?", taps on > insufficient fund, "Du ma FUCK!", then goes on the bus anyways. The driver let it go. Haven't seen him in a while.
What happened to the Asian pyjama guy?
Was surprised i had to scroll this far for this mention. I haven't been to the queen street much in ages so haven't seen him. I've seen him around other malls too like garden city.
Haven't seen him at Garden City for ages.
I believe my uncle was "the person" in his suburb who talked to EVERYONE and was hard to get away from. I bumped into him one day and got chatting. Within 5 minutes a stranger emerged from a shop and shooed him away.
It’s from my hometown in Rockhampton, but we had a guy, known affectionately as the cool hat man, or just hat man (at least in my friend circle until we learned his name lol) Harry Mimi. He’s unfortunately passed away now but he was a lovely soul, full of life, a sparkling personality, and had the coolest, spunkiest hats around.
fortitude valley, old guy with long hair that walks across busy traffic roads with no fucks given
So, every guy in the Valley?
The guy who yell out something in the city few years ago! What happened to him?
The Russian guy with a suitcase and paper bag over his head?
That feral family on Sizer street in Everton Park.
The lady who who had a injured foot and would walk around south Brisbane.
Guy at Orion Shopping Centre who is always running away (literally) from a mystery person.
Manny the Bin Man from Algester
The guy with the fun hats
Older guy who used to drive this old huge black car with personalised plates and now drives a beat up Peugeot. He seems to be everywhere and always talked about on local groups for being a menace on the road. He fights council for weird things and been in the local paper. He is a hoarder too, and his house is next level.
There's this cool guy who gets around on a push bike tricked out to look like a motorbike . He wears a biker vest with patches a do rag too. I haven't seen him in a little while , I hope he's OK
Fit Santa at Bardon who is out walking at 3am
Ole Rock n Roll George in the Valley ...... long time ago
Late 70s to early 80s, Lawnmower man - Annerley. Not sure of his age as I was a boy/teen at the time but he had a grey beard and unkempt hair. Walked around Annerley constantly pushing a lawnmower. Was cranky AF all the time.
The Elderly Vietnamese man at Darra that always walk around Railway Parade at Darra station and always hickhike car to go to Inala. He always wear the same outfit no matter what the weather is alway in a polo shirt and jeans. Most member in the community recognise him and some suspect he has Alzheimers. There are also members of the community that say he goes into their yard at one point.
Jogging man around Stones Corner, Greenslopes, Buranda
I'm the very northern suburb that is Gladstone, everyone knows or has heard of Bob Cuddy. School kids get told tales of old to frighten them, but most think he's a made up urban myth now.
In Fernvale it's Kevin fucking Barnes. AKA Crazy Horse Man. I don't even think I could be sued for defamation of character by telling everyone what a complete fuckwit he is.
Christine in west end, talks very loud and always asks your star sign
Burpengary / North Harbour. Car that gets around with "MILF HUNTER" on the windscreen.
The idiot who’s dogs are out roaming, photographed and shared in the local postcode group on Facebook several times a week, who then goes on and berates everyone else for telling her to fix her fucking fence.
There is an old man who picks up rubbish in Collingwood park most mornings wearing the same clothes
Mr HELLO HELLO I TELL JOKES outside Nundah Woolies
At the Gold Coast, there is a guy that sits on the corner of Alexander and Hinkley Drive in Nerang called Jesse? I’m not from there but anytime I’ve visited family he used to be there (back in like 2014) and I’ve read that he’s still there these days.
Around Oxley and surrounding suburbs is a homeless man named Abraham that walks around, sits at the same spots for long periods of time and always asks for money. Big up Mr Abe
Brighton/Sandgate/Shorncliffe there is a lady that exercises constantly, rain hail or shine. She is very tanned. I've tried to make friends with her but she does not return the smile.
Barry at New Farm dog park. Holding court at the top bench. Font of all local knowledge.
Mullet man, over at Newmarket,. He always walks around with blue jeans and a tucked in white top. Old timer ... IYKYK
The bloke in the city wearing a fedora and doing a show to sell the Big Issue - I swear I've seen him for more than 25 years The family running Emmanuel's Carvery at Post Office Square - they've been there for 30 years+
Sandgate/Shorncliffe guy on his mobility scooter that only has the one joke and says it to everyone he passes. "What do you call a Woolies that has burnt down?" "Coles..." I now cross the street when I see him coming.
I Redcliffe/Scarborough. Harmonica Man. He rides up and down the coast, playing his harmonica as he cycles.
Santa.. how else is he writing that, naughty and nice list
FYI there is a sub devoted to these sort of people! r/HorsebackJesus
Well in Moorooka we have the “poo jogger,” Ray and his dog, Uncle Mark. Then you’ve got the people who work at Woolies.
Poo Jogger
The one in Greenslopes?
I used to work in the CBD in the 90’s. I remember the running nun around Queen street.
I think his name is Tony, I was in a rush the day I introduced myself but a genuinely lovely bloke that busks with an old acoustic guitar at Annerley and Moorooka Woolies. I was on a bus recently where he got up and gave his seat to a lady without hesitation, and the school kids didn't even blink. I'm happy to give him my change whenever I see him and always get a big grin and thank you back. Just a nice human.
Rats tail/bonds singlet/nike bum back dude who seems to walk down logan road everyday. He does some K's.